Flower-support.



B. BROWNEL FLOWER SUPPORT. APPLICATION TILED mama, 1907.

399,94 V v Patented Sep't. 29,1908.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORG ,E. Bnownn, a c tizen of the United States,residing at Greenfield, county of Wayne, State of M chi gan, haveinvented a ,oe'ntainnew and useful Improvement in Fl0Wer Supports,Ianddeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which. it pertainsto make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to flower supports,

and has for its object an improved support in which there is combined ahoop to surround the plant and a standard on which the hoop can beadjustably secured at any con-' ends spread to furnish width of base,andfork members E and'F formed, which fork members are adapted to bedriven into the ground to furnish the means by which the standard isheld in an upright position.

The hoop member consistsof a single wire 2, provided with rectangularloops at each end. The loop 3, at one end of the wire has a cross bar 4,which joins the main body part 5 of the hoop and the parallel member6,.of the hoop with small confining bends arranged to allow the properengagement between the hoop lock and the standard, and in order that theproperlock may be produced between the parts, there is formed at theintersection of the cross bar and the body part of the hoop at oneend'of the cross bar, a bend 7, having a depth of about half thethickness of the wire of the standard; continuous with this bend 7 is asecond projecting bend 8, of somewhatmore than the thickness of the wireof the hoop. The extreme space spanned by the two bends last'mentionedshould as nearly as possible equal the combined thickness of thestandard wire and the hoop wire. At the intersection of thespecification of Letters Patent.

Bee ax-2 190?- w en l new n t sea e awrcross bar 4, andthe parallelmember 6, of the hoop, there is a bend 9 and a second bend 1,0 exactlysimilar in character. On the 7 other end of the hoop than that on whichis made the rectangular loop just described, is .1 5. 16 a secondrectangular loop, or substantially rectangular loop, extending for aconsiderable distance parallel with the main wire 5 of the hoop. Thedistance from the main wire 5 to the member 12, is narrower than thedistance between the main wire 5 and the member 6, and is made so thatthe main wire 5 and the .wireof the member 12, may engage closely withinthe boundaries of the projecting bends 8 and 9. When thus constructedthe hoop and the standard will interlock, the standard forming aninterlocking member to retain the loops in their interlocked'condition,and the hoop by reasonof the bends 7 and 9, will assume a posi tion atright angles to the axisof the standard and will maintain the positionwith stability. Preferably bends 13, 14, are made to engage the parallelmember B of the standard. The bends 1'3, 14, may be omitted, but Iprefer to use them.

To produce the interlocked condition, the hoop is: brought intoengagement with the standard, the member A, of the standard engaginginthe hollow ofthe'bends 7 and 10, and with the standard B, bearingagainst the members 5 and 8. The end 15, of the second loop is insertedunder the hollow of the projecting loops 8 and 9, and this loop is then"pushed acrossthe members of the standard, and the end 15, is broughtunder the cross bar 13 of the first loop. The sec- 0nd, or narrower loopmay be adjusted across the first or broader loop, and the interposedstandard, to adjust the size of the hoop to any suitable size within thelimits of the adjusting loop. Any number of hoops desired may be placedon the standard. The same construction of hoop may be used with a singlestandard corrugated support G.

VVhatI claim is 1., A plant support, having in combination a standard,and a hoop provided with parallel membered loops overlapping one anotherat each end and originally out of interlocking position the one with theother, -that part of each loop adjacent to the standard being forced outof its normal vertical plane toward the plane of the other loop by theinterposition of the standard, whereby they and thereby the hoop areresiliently tion with a standard, a hoop, av portion of locked inposition therealong, substantially as whose peripheral extent isquadrupled by described.

2. A plant support, having in combination a standard, an open hoop, eachof whose ends is bent upon itself to constitute parallel branches of aterminal loop, said looped portions being adapted to overlap and to belocked in position with respect to one another and to said standard bythe engagement of the same between the portions of the overlapping ends,each looped portion being forced thereby toward the other against theresilient pressure of such other,

5 substantially as described.

3. A plant support, having in combinathe looping of each end of the wireconstituting the hoop and the overlapping of said looped portions, saidstandard being adapted to be inserted therebetween and to therebyinterlock therewith, each looped portion being bent toward the otheragainst the opposing resilient pressure thereof, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE E. ZROlVNE. Witnesses CHARLES F. BURTON, VTLLIAM M. SWAN.

